"And in those simple beautiful movements I remembered what was really important in training; that consistency trumps intensity; all the time. That intensity is born from consistency. That one cannot force it, one has to lay in wait for it, patiently, instinctively, calmly and be ready to grab it when Grace lays it down in front of you."

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Slog.

After Mondays great workout I knew today would be a bit off but after a really hard work day with tons of demos, stretching, bodywork, and 6 sessions of z I was a bit beat when I got home and had to go out to the dungeon, I mean the gym.When I weighed in at 158 again I knew it was going to be very interesting,since today was snatches and jerks with the 24 kg.I'm lighter but I feel like I definitely have more muscle than I have had, especially in the shoulders upper back and arms from the snatch volume and the push presses.It's not like I'm dieting at all but you can only eat so many calories in 3-4 hours ( my eating window).

So it was slow going the whole way but I got through it.I could really feel how much muscle work the jerks had taken;especially in the legs and driving the 24 today took much more concentration.After two plus years of disuse my quads have little work capacity.That'll change.The snatches felt great though and each rep had a two second pause at the top. I am getting used to doing it this way but it is much easier cv wise than my sprint style before. But by doing them slowly I am combining the snatch with all the overhead holds that I had been doing.Have to put those back in the rotation, btw.

this new bell was way cool but I was SMOKED by the time I got to them. Have to do a workout when I'm fresh soon.

Z drills15 minutes. I REALLY need this and didnt beleive how much less tension I had when I was done. THis never ceases to amaze me lately.I thought I would be stretching out hard for sure after this but I dont think so.excellent. still some rifga poses but not too much.cool.The spinal lengthening drills are so key even though they are the most basic of the basic.Stand straight, plumb and neutral and push up against gravity. and relax while you do it.defintely have to back off the volume a bit.

4 comments:

oh yeah absolutely franz. they seem like a good antagonist to the kb.very different stresses on the wrists,elbows and shoulders.plus I like swinging in the frontal and transverse planes so easily.they are more rythmic as their is much less acceleration and deceleration.very different from the high force kb work. more controlled,especially all the presses, which works tri's a lot and is another good kb antagonist.I just have to schedule them first on a day. thinking of adding a forth day of training for it.